National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu has responded to comments made by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, stating that he will not engage in a media fight with him. Ribadu emphasized that his focus is on his current assignment and the success of the President Bola Tinubu led administration.
“My attention has been drawn to the interview granted by Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Monday evening (on Arise TV).
“If my silence wouldn’t risk being construed as consent, I would have ignored him.
“I am too preoccupied with my current assignment as to get into a media fight with Nasir El-Rufai or anyone else,” Ribadu said in a post on his X handle on Tuesday.
He said: “Despite the incessant baiting and attacks, I have never spoken ill of Nasir on record anywhere. This is out of respect for our past association and our respective families.”
Ribadu also addressed El-Rufai’s claims about his presidential ambitions, stating, “For the avoidance of doubt, I want to put it on record that I have never discussed running for president in 2031 with anybody. All my focus and energy are geared completely towards the advancement of Nigeria and the success of the President Tinubu administration.”
The NSA urged the public to disregard El-Rufai’s statements against him, saying, “I therefore ask Nasir El-Rufai to allow me to face my onerous national assignment, just as I do not bother myself with his own affairs”.